Martin Gorsky & Sally Sheard 
Financing Medicine [PDF ebook] 
The British Experience Since 1750

Financing Medicine brings together a collection of essays dealing with the financing of medical care in Britain since the mid-eighteenth century, with a view to addressing two major issues:

• Why did the funding of the British health system develop in the way it did?


• What were the ramifications of these arrangements for the nature and extent of health care before the NHS?

The book also goes on to explore the  »lessons » and legacies of the past which bear upon developments under the NHS.

The contributors to this volume provide a sustained and detailed examination of the model of health care which preceded the NHS – an organization whose distinctive features hold such fascination for the scholars of health systems – and their insights illuminate current debates on the future of the NHS.

For students and scholars of the history of medicine, this will prove essential reading.